John 18:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from here.

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  • John 6:15 : 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain alone.
  • Luke 17:20-21 : 20 And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation: 21 Nor will they say, Look here! or, look there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
  • Rom 14:17 : 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  • Col 1:12-14 : 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:
  • Matt 26:53 : 53 Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
  • Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given to him dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
  • Ps 45:3-7 : 3 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, with your glory and your majesty. 4 And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you awesome things. 5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under you. 6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Luke 12:14 : 14 And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
  • John 8:15 : 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;

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  • John 18:37-39
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    37Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.

    38Pilate said to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I find no fault in him at all.

    39But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?

  • John 17:14-16
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    14I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

    15I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one.

    16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • John 18:33-35
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    33Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

    34Jesus answered him, Do you say this of yourself, or did others tell you about me?

    35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me. What have you done?

  • John 8:23
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    23And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 19:21
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    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

  • Mark 15:2
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    2And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, You say it.

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  • John 12:30-31
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    30Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come because of me, but for your sakes.

    31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

  • John 7:16
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    16Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

  • Matt 27:11
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    11And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, You say it.

  • John 19:9-12
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    9And went again into the judgment hall, and said to Jesus, Where are you from? But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Then Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have the power to crucify you, and have the power to release you?

    11Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.

    12And from then on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.

  • John 19:14-15
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    14And it was the preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King!

    15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

  • Mark 14:48
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    48And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and clubs to take me?

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    19If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

    20Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

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    20And when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation:

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    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.

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    27Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause I came to this hour.

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    3And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, saying, You say it.

  • Mark 15:9
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    9But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?

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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Indeed, they know what I said.

  • Matt 26:52
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    52Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back in its place: for all who take the sword shall perish with the sword.

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    47And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

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    27But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

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    11Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

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    30They answered and said to him, If he were not a wrongdoer, we would not have delivered him to you.

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    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours.

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    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

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    54But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

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    6Then Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

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    23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike me?